The Mosquito-Carried West Nile Virus Has Invaded Central Harlem – But The Spray Trucks Are Slow To Arrive – Via NYDN

Two Views On Mayoral Wannabe Anthony Weiner’s Hopes In Harlem – The NY Times Says He Finds More Support Among Blacks, But Real Clear Politics Offers A Contradiction

Charlie Rangel, David Dinkins, and The Rev. Al Sharpton Fall On The List Of THe The 30 Most Influential Black New Yorkers in 2013 from NYDN

Robert Pruitt
Sun Fired, 2009
Courtesy the artist/StudioMuseumInHarlem

Houston Artist Robert Pruitt Is Exhibiting “Women” At The Studio Museum In Harlem:

“Combining elements of science fiction, hip-hop culture and comic-book graphics, each figure is at once politically charged, physically grounded and fantastic—a blend of willful self-determination and culturally conditioned myth.”

Arts Organization Harlem Stage Commissions Its First Opera

From NY Times: ““Makandal” — its first opera commission and an ambitious, contemporary work revolving around the leader of an 18th-century slave revolt in Haiti — will raise its international profile and win it respect as a producer. But the group faces large hurdles.”